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Juncus torreyi, Rootstock.
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Warner Parks Nature Center, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
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Big Swan Creek watershed, Lewis County, Tennessee, US
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TN Hwy. 49 at Christi Place, Pleasant View, Cheatham County, Tennessee, US
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Derby Canyon Natives Plant Nursery, Peshastin, Chelan County, Washington, US
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Ixtlan De Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
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Interior do Maranho, prximo a Caxias
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Kaluh or Saltmarsh bulrushCyperaceae (Sedge family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (All the main islands except Lnai and Kahoolawe)Oahu (Cultivated)Flowers pictured above.Seed head
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5187367067/in/photostream/Habit
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5187366567/in/photostream/This indigenous sedge is not known to be used by early settlers in the Hawaiian Islands. However, in other parts of the world the seeds were used as a food source and the leaves were used in making baskets, mats, sandals, and clothing.EtymologyBolboschoenus is from the Greek bolbos, swelling or bulb, and schoinos, rush in reference to the ligneous (woody) tubers at the culm (aerial part of the plant) bases.The specific epithet martinus, growing by the sea, is in reference to its brackish-freshwater habitat.NPH00008
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Bolboschoenus_maritimus
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New South Wales, Australia
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Vogel's Wax Palm is found on ridges from western Venezuela to Peru. Photo from the Santa Marta Mountains of northeastern Colombia.
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A hardy species, native to the southernmost coast of Brazil. KEW Gardens, London.
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Pernambuco, Brazil
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Orinda, California, United States
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Puya coerulea var. coeruleasilver puya. In Chile, its home, silver puya grows in low valleys away from the immediate coast in a climate similar to that of California. Extremely drought-tolerant. The plant photographed grows in a private garden in Berkeley, CA.
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Hilo ischaemumPoaceae (Gramineae)Endemic to the Hawaiian islands (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii Island)NatureServe: ImperiledOahu (Cultivated)EtymologyThe generic name Ischaemum is derived from the Greek ischiamos, to quench blood flow, with unknown application.The specific epithet byrone was named after Byron's Bay, now Hilo Bay, on the island of Hawaii. Byron's Bay was named for Captain George Anson Byron (1789-1868), a British naval officer, and the seventh Baron Byron, cousin of the poet George Gordon Byron. Admiral Byron came to the islands on the H. M. S. Blonde to bring to their final resting place the remains of Kamehameha II and his queen, Kammalu, who contracted and died of measles on a visit to Great Britain.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Ischaemum_byrone
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Bullawa Creek, New South Wales, Australia
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[syn. Mariscus javanicus]Polynesian Names: Ahuawa (Hawaii); Ehuawa (Hawaii), Mahele (Uvea); Mhelehele (Tonga); Mselehele (Futuna); Mauku tatau tai (Cook Islands); Mou haari (Society Islands); Mouku (Marquesas); Mouu (Austral Islands, Marquesas); Selesele (Samoa) CyperaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians pounded stems of ahuawa until they were only fibers and used them as strainers for awa or niu (coconut), and as cordage. Fibers soaked for a few hours to free pulp, dried in the sun for a day or two, and then could be used. The fibers were very durable lasting two years or more. The cordage was used for cords (hwele) or nets (kk puupuu) designed to carry umeke (food or water containers).The stringy fibers were also made into brushes to paint color onto tapa.The leaves and seed/fruit were used in lei.NPH00009
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Cyperus_javanicus
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The Rattlesnake Plant is native from Central America to Ecuador and Brazil. It is more likely to be encountered as a house plant, however. Blodel Conservatory, Vancouver.